Robert Pires

[LeeB]

You're missing my point though. Nobody has come in for him. There must be a reason for this.

Chris Sutton and Didier Agathe anyone?

Just because they were once good, doesn't mean they're still going to be.

Gary MacAllister would probably have signed for someone else if not Liverpool.

More players yes, but not for the sake of it.

If he's still good enough, then fine.

Sutton was doing a bloody good job for us before his injury. We struggled like buggery until we bought Carew in.

[Chris Smith]

At 37 I wouldn't be expecting too much from him as a player, but the idea of him joining the coaching staff does sound a good one to me!

I’m totally against this idea; he'll be a really bad influence on the young lads in the squad. They'll all start growing their hair and shaving eccentrically.

[Concrete John]

I thought Sutton was relatively useful in that short spell with us.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I thought Sutton was relatively useful in that short spell with us.

Scored the winner at Everton and caused defences a few problems.

[ozzjim]

Seriously are people comparing Robert Pires, the quite absurdly talented french superstar to .. Didier Agathe?

Anyhow, as a player coach which is what the rumours suggest then it is a deal that makes sense completely.

There were rumours about Vieira on a similar deal being almost certain to be coming in Jan. As a midfielder with those 4 training you would be pretty content I reckon.

[WarszaVillan]

I thought Sutton was relatively useful in that short spell with us.

Scored the winner at Everton and caused defences a few problems.

Great goal. Set up by a peach of pass by our new upcoming star midfielder

[richard moore]

I thought Sutton was relatively useful in that short spell with us.

Scored the winner at Everton and caused defences a few problems.

Great goal. Set up by a peach of pass by our new upcoming star midfielder

As in Isiah Osbourne if I remember correctly?

[The Man With A Stick]

What harm can it do?  He's not going to be a huge burden on the wage bill and it just gives us another option, something we're quickly running out of.

[Shrek]

If signing him means a young player misses out, then we shouldn't sign him.

Nobody else has signed him for a reason.

You're missing the point, which is:

I hope Houllier would be thinking of signing Pires for the same reasons that he signed McAllister for Liverpool: he'd be an older, wiser head for the youngsters to learn from.  If so, I reckon it would be a shrewd move.

.. and also the fact that with the way our injuries are going, we desperately need bodies, and quickly.

You're missing my point though. Nobody has come in for him. There must be a reason for this.

Chris Sutton and Didier Agathe anyone?

Just because they were once good, doesn't mean they're still going to be.

Gary MacAllister would probably have signed for someone else if not Liverpool.

More players yes, but not for the sake of it.

If he's still good enough, then fine.

Your point doesn't add up. Everbody wanted to sign downing before his injury, we then bought him injured. Nobody wanted Adam Johnson then for half the money, that doesn't mean he is rubbish does it?

[eastie]

viera would be a better option than pires,but id take both in the short term.

[TaxDodger]

If he's not on big wages I can't see it being a problem. With all due respect I imagine a 37 year old Robert Pires is a considerably better option to have on the bench than a 22 year old Isiah Osbourne.

[Dave]

Ian Robathan repeating something that he's read on Footballpress.net?

Is that officially the worst-sourced rumour in the history of the internet?

[DB]

Another Berger the way I see it, no sense in this, unless Hou sees him in acoaching role for Albrighton, Young etc...

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

If signing him means a young player misses out, then we shouldn't sign him.

Nobody else has signed him for a reason.

You're missing the point, which is:

I hope Houllier would be thinking of signing Pires for the same reasons that he signed McAllister for Liverpool: he'd be an older, wiser head for the youngsters to learn from.  If so, I reckon it would be a shrewd move.

.. and also the fact that with the way our injuries are going, we desperately need bodies, and quickly.

You're missing my point though. Nobody has come in for him. There must be a reason for this.

Chris Sutton and Didier Agathe anyone?

Just because they were once good, doesn't mean they're still going to be.

Gary MacAllister would probably have signed for someone else if not Liverpool.

More players yes, but not for the sake of it.

If he's still good enough, then fine.

Your point doesn't add up. Everbody wanted to sign downing before his injury, we then bought him injured. Nobody wanted Adam Johnson then for half the money, that doesn't mean he is rubbish does it?

My point doesn't add up? What has signing a bloke who's 102 (sarcasm) got to do with Downing? Loads of clubs would've wanted to sign Downing. We were the best club he could get. Nobody has, as far as I'm aware, approached Pires. Surely he would've signed for someone by now if they had (providing they're not a stupidly low team).

Someone mentioned Berger, in my opinion, Pires would be like a worse version of him.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

If he's not on big wages I can't see it being a problem. With all due respect I imagine a 37 year old Robert Pires is a considerably better option to have on the bench than a 22 year old Isiah Osbourne.

This. With other players on stupid amounts of money for what they do (Sidwell/Davies etc.), it would be silly to sign him on a similar sum of money a week. If he's cheap as chips, then maybe.